First Broadway Show?- Page 5

[dented146]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 1:15pm

My Fair Lady---1960. Or maybe I'm just confused.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 2:35pm

First show on Broadway was Les Miserables in 1988.

First show I saw was The Pajama Game in 1975 and I still remember bits of it.

Margo - Isn't the story of The Black Crook (the history, not the actual plot of the show) the basis for the musical The Girl in Pink Tights?

Updated On: 5/25/06 at 02:35 PM

[mikeyb16]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 3:26pm

the first broadway show i saw was Beauty & The Beast. i was on holiday to New York in July 2001 and i had the chance to see it because the hotel i stayed in gave me an offer of the ticket prices (though i forgot what the offer was) sarah litszinger and steve blanchard were the main chraracters at the time and they were great at the roles. i wanted to come back to broadway to see another show but i never had the chance to, but i will come back eventually

[once a month]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 3:43pm

My first foray onto Broadway was The Leaf People back in 1975 or 1976. I recall not being able to get into Chorus Line. Joe Papp produced both, so I naively thought they were of the same calibre. It had to be the worst show I ever saw (until Thou Shalt Not). Surprising that I even kept up with theatre after that fiasco, but then...Chorus Line, Pippin, Chicago, Grease and Godspell kept that magic alive for me. That was over 300 shows ago!

[teebz]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 3:44pm

Chicago-2002 I think?

Yeah--wasn't a big fan of it.

[blueroses]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 3:48pm

Evita.

[wackjack132]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 3:49pm

Can't remember when but some time in the late 90's I saw the Revival of Annie Get Your Gun with Reba, Phantom, and The Lion King (But I dont count those, even though there all pretty great I can barely remember them).

So I count my first show as the revival of Little Shop of Horrors...still my favorite show EVER!

[wickedobsessed]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 3:57pm

Beauty and the Beast (1999)
^^Classic:)

[NativeNewYorker]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 4:07pm

Peter Pan. I was in the 2nd grade. I cut school to go to a Wednesday matinee with my dad. We lived downtown then, and we took the subway up and it was POURING rain and my dad had bronchitus.

Still the greatest day ever though :) I remember being so excited when Peter Pan flew right over our heads.

[Kgshrauder]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 4:10pm

My first show was The Music Man at a local theatre when I was in second grade. My friend played Winthrop, so that's why I saw it.

First Show on Broadway was Thoroughly Modern Millie.

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 7:45pm

The King and I

[musicaltheater1]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 8:36pm

First show on Broadway? Miss Saigon, OBC 1991 after Lea Salonga received her Tony.
First musical outside Broadway? West Side Story, regional production.

Updated On: 5/25/06 at 08:36 PM

[BigsCanYouHereMe?]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 10:24pm

Merlin in I believe 1983 at the Mark Hellinger. Lots of stars:Nathan Lane, Chita Rivera and Christian Slater as well as Doug Henning.
The show that made me a theater lover however was The Who's Tommy in 1994(Late Bloomer). Before Tommy I saw three broadway shows. After Tommy well over one hundred. Looking forward to the production in Sag Harbor! I hope it is as good as The Berkshires a few years back.

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 10:43pm

My first "real" show ever (one that was not done by the high school drama club that my older brother was in) was a national tour of Ira Levin's "Deathtrap" in 1979. I was in high school.

My first Broadway show was "Pirates of Penzance" with Linda Rondstadt, Kevin Kline and George Rose. (Rex Smith was out that evening.) I still use a brass key chain replica that I bought from Macy's after seeing it.

My favorite Broadway experiences "Sunday in the Park with George" (3 times) and "Grand Hotel" (2 times in two consecutive evenings).

[jeremykushnier1fan]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 10:49pm

My first show ever was Joesph, I was 7 years old and the first show I ever saw on Broadway was Spamalot.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 5/25/06 at 10:57pm

Mister Matt,

Yes, indeed. The story of "The Girl In Pink Tights" is based on the creation of "The Black Crook."

Posted: 5/25/06 at 11:25pm

The Producers (I've only been going to NYC for the past 3 years) - I'm a late bloomer :)

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 12:43pm

PETER PAN with Sandy Duncan when I was five.

[boxers7]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 8:23pm

Original Broadway cast of "BEAUTY AND THE BEAST" in 1994. Front row and couldn't see a thing

[Babyboomer]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 10:13pm

HIGH SPIRITS in 1964

[JustChillin8908]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 10:19pm

Beauty and the Beast in Toronto, I don't remember the exact year but I was young enough to barely remember any of it now.

[yellibean2]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 10:21pm

Beauty and the Beast.

I was 7.

[sisterberthe]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 10:23pm

Thoroughly Modern Millie

[ThreePennyJennyxo]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 10:24pm

Mine was CATS i will never forget it, the most memorable day of my life! Its what got me into Theater

[icantbelive]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 11:15pm

First real show was Joseph

First Broadway show was Chitty (it was bad)